Nicole Testa

I don’t know about you but I am a sucker for Girl Scout cookies and I will admit that I got caught outside of Target buying 5 boxes one day... 😬🤦‍♀️😂

While I love the real thing, I also love to try and recreate them in the kitchen. Today I am bringing you a healthier Carmel deLite recipe 😜🙌

Ingredients:
Cookie base
- 1 3/4 cups almond flour
- 4 tbsp coconut flour
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 4 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- Pinch of sea salt

Coconut topping
- 1 1/2 cups shredded toasted coconut (can purchase this way or make your own in the oven)
- 1/4 cup creamy almond butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp salt

Chocolate layer
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp melted coconut oil

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Add all cookie ingredients to a bowl, mix, and form in to 1 inch dough balls.
3. Flatten dough balls out with hands, forming a circular shape. Use a straw to cut out the middle of the cookie.
4. Transfer cookie dough to the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
5. While cookies are baking, add coconut topping ingredients to a bowl. Mix and set aside.
6. Once cookies are baked and fully cooled, melt chocolate and coconut oil together in the microwave (30 seconds at a time until melted).
7. Dip the bottom of the cookies halfway in to the chocolate, place back on the parchment paper.
8. Top cookies with coconut topping and drizzle tops with more melted chocolate.
9. Let chocolate fully harden and enjoy. 😉

Hope you enjoy this recipe, tag me if you do end up making them!

Also, quick note... if what you really are craving is the real thing (and not a “healthier” twist recipe- like this) just EAT THE COOKIE girl 😘

I don’t care what your plate looked like last night, you don’t need to feel guilty or shameful about it!!! 👏👏👏

You also still need to eat today and you don’t need to do hours of cardio to burn off the calories. 👈

Look at the bigger picture… What are you going to remember a year from now? 🤔 It’s not gonna be the amount of food you consumed or how stuffed you felt. You’re gonna remember the experiences you had, the people you were with, and the memories you made. 🥰

Thanksgiving is so much more than stuffing your face with Turkey and pie, and it’s completely okay if you overindulged a little yesterday. That one meal does not define who you are or where you are going, so don’t let it hold yourself back.

Be compassionate and show yourself some grace!! ❤️

Hope you all had a wonderful and safe celebration 🦃 😘